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Saving is caring. Warren Sapp -  He earned millions upon millions and is still owing $6.5 million to the IRS. And he has a job on NFL Network too! Vince Young -  He was on Twitter saying he needed a job because all of those $5,000 Cheesecake Factory Allen Iverson -  He’s losing $300K a month and making 1/5th that much. Lauryn Hill -  She’s heading to the clink for refusing to pay taxes…smh. Young Buck -  He can’t even hardly afford his own damn name. Terrell Owens -   He got cut by his minor league team and can barely pay all that child support. Evander Holyfield -  He also has damn near a baker’s dozen of kids and he had his house foreclosed because he can’t deal with all of that. Beanie Sigel -  He’s also going to clinktown for not paying off his taxes. Not gangsta, Beans. Chris Tucker -  He is on tour right now to pay the IRS and get over his debt to the...

Wax’s latest release  Continue  brings the same confidence, and fluidity he presented when he first started to make waves on YouTube. The viral, indie wunderkind’s major label attempt might have been stalled, but he’s only back to where he belongs. B-13 PEER REVIEW WHERE YOU HEARD IT FIRST Noting Wax’s background as a band front man in the past, the album’s overall aural theme ties around catchy guitar riffs decorated with feel-good pop sentiments. Its display of casual deliveries, conversational anecdotes, with singsong hooks widely showcase the artist’s versatile musicality, while at the same time delving into hip-hop’s uncharted realms. Perhaps, a good mixture of Beastie Boys’ controlled rowdiness, and Gym Class Heroes’ easygoing humor, with hints of aggressive battle-rap brilliance (as exhibited on “Straight to Paradise”) is a fair way of summing up this project. Continue  clearly understands the audience it’s meant to reach. It grasps those who have regular ni...

W illiam Lloyd Garrison was born December 10, 1805 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.  In 1830 he started an abolitionist paper,  The Liberator . In 1832 he helped form the New England Antislavery Society. When the Civil War broke out, he continued to blast the Constitution as a pro-slavery document. When the civil war ended, he at last saw the abolition of slavery. He died May 24, 1879 in New York City. Early Life Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison was born the son of a merchant sailor in Newburyport, Massachusetts on December 10, 1805. When Garrison was only three years old, his father Abijah abandoned the family. Garrison’s mother, a devout Baptist named Frances Maria, struggled to raise Garrison and his siblings in poverty. As a child, Garrison lived with a Baptist deacon for a time, where he received a rudimentary education. In 1814, he reunited with his mother and took an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, but the work proved too physically demanding for the young boy....

Machine Gun Kelly looks like he is having a lot of fun in his latest visuals for “La La La (The Floating Song)” off  Lace Up. Directed by Spordy 19XX, the Bad Boy rhymer is seen riding around on an ATV and hanging out by the beach. Can summer be here already? Watch the video above. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Two weeks ago, Fabolous released “Get Ready” the first single off of what will be his sixth studio album,  Loso’s Way 2 . It’s been nearly 12 years since Fab first arrived on the scene via DJ Clue’s stamp of approval and the game has certainly changed, particularly the landscape of New York hip hop. We caught up with Loso at Def Jam last week to talk about the his new album and the Big Apple’s current state of affairs. Here’s what he had to say –  as told to Neil Martinez-Belkin  @Neil_MB How has your approach to making an album changed since you came out in 2001 with  Ghetto Fabolous ? I definitely have more control than I did in 2001. When I dropped  Ghetto Fabolous  I was really just a young kid coming in who knew how to rap. I needed direction at that time. Now, I know what I can do. I know what my strengths are and what areas I need to touch on more. And that just comes over time. Getting to know yourself and getting to know your music. So now ...

YMCMB’s newest artist Caskey releases a video for “The Truth.” The song dedicated to his father finds him rapping his reflective rhymes while walking the city streets. Check it out above.

SL Jones continues to display his tenacity behind the mic. His latest visual, “Let’m Talk,” is a strong indication of a young rapper who isn’t concerned with negativity. Donning a suit and tie in the clip directed by Payne Lindsey, Jonesy shows us how sitting back and watching the money pile up is an everyday thing for him. Producer M16 provides some bombastic production that turns it up a few notches. The Little Rock, Arkansas native also recently released his new EP,  Trapper’s Delight.  You can grab the EP over at LiveMixtapes  or listen to it below.

We certainly haven’t heard the last on Rick Ross’ drive-by shooting this week. In the latest development,  TMZ released the audio of the 911 phone call that was placed to report the incident. The operator was speaking to a woman calling from a nearby restaurant who sounded shaken up. When she was explaining what happened, she says they were turning around, which incited her to hang up the phone and hide. Listen to the call below. Rick Ross 911 Call Released 'I Just Heard a Bunch Of Gunshots' The woman who called 911 to report the Rick Ross drive-by shooting had to hang up the phone and HIDE mid-call fearing the gunmen were turning around to spray a second wave of gunfire. The call was made early Monday morning from a restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ... while the rapper was trying to speed away from the shooter in his Rolls-Royce. A woman inside of a nearby restaurant called 911 in a panic and reported, "I just heard a bunch of gunshots go off ... ...

Vado has been dancing around the idea of signing with DJ Khaled’s We The Best imprint for some time. In a  recent interview with  XXL , The Harlem spitter spoke about his leave from Interscope and in search of finding a new label home. Rumors began to pick up when Vado tweeted earlier this month that he was taking his talents to South Beach. When asked in a few interviews about his label situation, he stated that there was some potential on the move to We The Best. But, he never confirmed anything. Now, during his sit down with Thisis50.com, Vado says that the deal with Khaled is going down. Though other offers were pouring in, he chose to go with Khaled. “Everybody got the word in,” he said. “Khaled … he reached ASAP. He’s family. Of course, we got the same vision and that’s the takeover and going straight to the top and staying there.” Watch the rest of the interview below.

Lil Wayne has been giving us small previews of his upcoming album,  I Am Not a Human Being II . Once songs like “My Homies Still” and “Love Me” featuring Drake and Future captured our attention, Weezy followed those up with the official artwork for the project. It was announced late last year that Kanye West’s creative company DONDA would be handling the artwork. See the album cover above and the single art below. The album has been pushed from February 19 to March 26. I Am Not a Human Being II is the upcoming tenth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, expected to be released on March 26, 2013 by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. B-13 PEER REVIEW WHERE YOU HEAR IT FIRST

UPDATE 10:45PM PT:  Police have cleared the scene. We're told Chris Brown was not there when officers arrived -- but they did speak to Frank Ocean. At this point ... we're told no one wants to press charges, and no arrests have been made. Chris Brown  was involved in an all-out brawl with  Frank Ocean  Sunday night, and sources connected with Chris insist Ocean started it. Chris was at Westlake Studio in the L.A. area listening to one of the artists he represents.  The sources say as Chris went to leave, Frank Ocean and his crew blocked Chris from leaving. The sources say Frank said, "This is my studio, this is my parking spot." We're told Chris went to shake Frank's hand ... and that's when one of Frank's people attacked Chris.  Sources connected with Chris say one of Chris' friends jumped in front and hit Frank's friend. Sources connected with Chris say Frank then came at Chris ... Chris pushed him away and they started brawling. The poli...

Lupe Fiasco was taken off stage during a performance at Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. on Sunday (January 20) night. Lupe was removed after performing an anti-war song for 30 minutes, and saying that he did not vote for President Barack Obama in the latest November election. He was reportedly schecduled to perform as part of a celebration for Obama’s inauguration, which takes place on Monday (January 21). After the performance and anti-Obama statements, Lupe was asked by security to leave after objecting to move to the next song. Below are tweets from Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin, who was in attendance at the show (spotted at Complex): Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set. — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013 So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn’t vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song. — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013 Lupe...